Word: dimming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gets hard. In 1940 he was hailing the merging of American and British interests: "Let it roll. Let it roll on in full flood, inexorable, irresistible, benignant, to broader lands and better days." By the end of 1941 he watched it rolling. U.S.-British cooperation, that had seemed a dim hope after Dunkirk had become a living reality...
...blackout was complete-blacker than London ever had been. Most people dined at 5:30 and nobody went about after dark. In the beginning, sentries in the streets shot first and challenged afterwards. Kamaainas (long-settled whites) had to entertain themselves with card games and gossip at home in dim-lit, tightly-sealed rooms. No liquor was to be had, and candy sales went up with a rush. The hotspots-from the Royal Hawaiian to the plebeian Venice Cafe were shut tight. Overhead the air patrols constantly thundered...
...state of granite certainty. The words of Woodrow Wilson on the dim fragrant spring night of 24 years ago were once again, were still, good...
...From the dim recesses of the Library of Congress, the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Capitol Architect David Lynn recovered 285 tons of scrap-old motors, brass book ends, aluminum and steel strips, copper scraps...
...dim possibility of an enemy air attack on Harvard should ever become a reality, the University will not be caught napping on defense preparations. At least three Faculty committees are working on plans which will enable College authorities to take care of immediate damage and casualties before the city forces arrive on the scene...